MaryAnn Fletcher

With a confirmed case of Zika virus in Wake County and warm weather on the way, should you be concerned about mosquito-borne diseases—and what precautions…

Duke life flight nurse Nichole Diacumski carried out her most personal rescue mission when she donated a kidney to her husband, Jason, a fellow Duke nurse. The…

Your doctor may recommend surgery to remove part or all of your thyroid gland if it’s overactive, has grown very large, or has nodules, cysts or other growths…

It seemed like laryngitis at first. But after weeks of trouble talking and breathing, a local veterinarian got the diagnosis—vocal cord paralysis—and treatment…

Increasingly, younger women with early-stage cancer in only one breast and no genetic risk factors are choosing to have double mastectomies. But there’s little…

A hospital’s emergency department is the place to go when you have a life-threatening illness or injury, or a medical issue that can’t wait. Are there things…